Howard, Anthony Michell, son of Rev. Canon William Guy Howard, Vicar of Epsom, Surrey, and Janet Rymer, d. of Edwin Hogg of Cricklewood; b. 12 Feb. 1934; adm. Sept. 1946 (B); left July 1952; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1952, BA 1955, MA 1960; Pres. Oxford Union, Trinity 1955; called to the Bar, Inner Temple 1956, but did not practise; political correspondent, Reynolds News 1958-9; editorial staff, Manchester Guardian 1959-61; political correspondent, New Statesman 1961-4; Whitehall correspondent, The Sunday Times 1965; Washington correspondent, The Observer 1966-9; asst. ed., New Statesman 1970-2, ed. 1972-8; ed., The Listener 1979-81; dep. ed., The Observer 1981-8; presenter and reporter, Sky News and BBC TV 1989-92; chief political book reviewer, The Sunday Times 1990-2004; obituaries ed., The Times 1993-99, weekly columnist 1999-2005; hon. LLD Nottingham 2001, hon DLitt Leicester 2003; m. 1965 Carol Anne Gaynor; d. 1 Dec. 2010.